How important is the shows naming ...

[billynj]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 9:19pm

I say Drowsy Chaperone suffered from a horrible name, and would have done much better being called anything but DROWSY


What tourist wants to see a show called DROWSY, unless they have heard about it from a friend......

or URINETOWN !!!!!!!!!!

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 9:20pm

The names didn't stop me from seeing either one! I saw Urinetown twice!

[scott68]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 9:21pm

Nothing can kill a show quite like an awful name... except perhaps too much exposition.

[SahDu]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 9:25pm

[Quote] Nothing can kill a show quite like an awful name... except perhaps too much exposition. [/Quote]

Clever hahah.
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 09:25 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 9:36pm

You're acting like Drowsy flopped. It hasn't. And tourists do go see it. It's clear that the creators and producers of The Drowsy Chaperone were a bit hesitant about the title, if you read the liner notes in the CD, but look what happened. It just goes to show that maybe it really doesn't matter as long as the show is good.

[billynj]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 10:06pm

I am not saying it flopped by any means i think its a great show, but could have done much better with a better name

WICKED ...thats a great name

Dance with the Vampires ...hmmm I am not sure on that one

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 10:38pm

It's purly subjective and opinionated. If you ask me Wicked is a terrible name for a show. Look up the word in a thesourase and take a look at all the words that pop up: abominable, atrocious, foul, heartless, nasty, rotten, vicious, vile... none of those would be good titles for a musical. You just never know.

And it was Dance of the Vampires. Not with.

[The_Jackal2]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 12:26am

I think sometimes a shows "bad" title is part of what captures people's interest. I remember when I heard about Urinetown, I was kind of confused but I thought it sounded really different.
Plus, a lot of the jokes of that show come from making fun of the awful title.

[singtopher]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 12:29am

I always get turned off when I see blah blah blah: THE MUSICAL

[Dover]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 8:51am

I think Drowsy has grown on me, and their initial ad campaign was pretty brilliant about dealing with that. But I remember several years ago when I was out with a group of friends and one announced, "Hey, I just got a show! It stars Sutton Foster, it's called The Drowsy Chaperone." And we were all like, WHAT!? Well by the time it comes to Broadway it will have a different name, right? And we all kept saying, "What's the name of your show again? Something about the sleepy what?" It was months before I could remember the name of it, which probably had more to do with the fact that people started talking about it. But I'm glad to see it's been pretty successful.

[morosco]

Posted: 5/16/07 at 9:37am

I remember there was buzz about the title SIDE SHOW turning potential ticket buyers off.